the ocean of milk isn't just for making paneer

[Guest guest]

how many cows can a cowherd care for?

 

how does krishna engage the bullocks? my understanding is that he goes

out every day with the cows (to pasture). i don't really recall reading

of scriptural distinction between ox and cow. in other words, does

krishna care for the cows or the oxen? what are the cowherd girls' roles

in caring for the oxen? how does the ideal society work?

 

i am very disheartened to read the peta article on the slaughter of

india's cows. mentioning it to another devotee, he commented:

 

"indira gandhi said it best: 'the hindus complain about cow slaughter yet

they perpetuate it by selling their cows.' what to speak of the rest of

india, even in vrindavan, one can see bulls being led out of vrindavan on

a daily basis."

 

what is worship of govardhana hill if not a celebration of the cow

economy (which has been described on this conference as untenable)? are

we as a society allowing our cows (our real "bread and butter," as

krishna said of govardhana) to be led to slaughter? the sin of killing

cows is so great that when krishna killed the bull demon (aristasura i

believe), radharani would have nothing to do with him until he bathed in

all the holy rivers. krishna summoned all the holy rivers to that spot

and purified himself. still unsatisfied, radharani and other gopis

created radha-kunda to purify krishna of his sin.

 

according to the nectar of instruction (wherein the term vegan appears in

the first verse), radha-kunda is the most sacred part of the most sacred

part of the most sacred part of this world. i'm sure some of my

conclusions are faulty, and i look forward to creating and hearing more

discussion on the validity of a cow protection economy--final jump:

purification of the sin of killing cows is the most excellent result of

Krishna consciousness.